News in Numbers
The rise in state revenues from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011, according to new census data. Much of the increase can be attributed to social insurance trust revenue, which includes retirements and insurance contributions and investment earnings.
The graduation rate for D.C. public high schools, which is lower than that of all 50 states. View detailed data for each state.
The number of states -- Maryland and Connecticut -- that require schools to have carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to detect the toxic gas that's often referred to as "the silent killer." At least 244 people were hospitalized or treated for CO poisoning in schools this year and last.
The amount that Hennepin County, Minn., reduced Medicaid costs by for its most expensive participants through a pilot program called Hennepin Health.
The increase in traffic to the Milwaukee police department's website since it relaunched and now has the feeling of a first-person video game and aims to replace the media as the public’s go-to source for crime information.
The portion of public employers who report that employees are speeding up their retirement plans, according to the Center for State and Local Government Excellence. Read our series on aging in America at null
The number of reported slayings, stabbings, shootings or knifings in New York City this past Monday -- marking the "first time in memory" that the city has had a day without any of those crimes, according to the deputy police commissioner.
The cost of a bachelor's degree in Florida, if universities meet Gov. Rick Scott's challenge to find a way to offer such a low-cost education. Texas Gov. Rick Perry issued a similar challenge in 2011, and 10 colleges have since launched or plan to launch such a degree.
The average rate at which personal income grew last year, according to recent federal data. In 2010, personal income grew only 3.9 percent.
The number of states with laws that discourage or prevent localities from creating new community broadband networks.
The estimated damage that Hurricane Sandy caused in New Jersey, according to Gov. Chris Christie who is asking the federal government for help.
The number of states, including Wisconsin, that allow voters to register at their polling place on the day of the election; however, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recently said he's considering ending same-day voter registration.
The portion of 20 of the most populous cities where tax-exempt properties account for a higher share of the total assessed value than they did five years ago, according to a Governing analysis.
The scheduled cut to Community Development Block Grants, which are one of the biggest direct sources of federal aid to cities, if sequestration takes effect in January.
The portion of ballot measures to extend funding for highways, bridges and transit that were approved on Election Day last week.
The portion of students in New Orleans who are enrolled in charter schools, which is the highest rate in the nation, according to a new report on charter school enrollment around the country.
The amount of coal below Montana's surface, which accounts for nearly one-quarter of the known coal reserves in the United States.
The number of states where residents filed petitions on WhiteHouse.gov to secede from the United States after last week's elections.
The deadline, which is this Friday, for states to decide whether they will run their own health insurance exchange, let the federal government run one for them or have a state-federal partnership exchange. The federal government did, however, extend the deadline for the full blueprint to Dec. 14.
The number of cohousing developments -- where residents live in and run communal facilities -- in California, which is more than in any other state. Once a relative novelty, cohousing developments continue to increase in popularity.
Puerto Rico voted to become the 51st state in the union; however, the referendum is nonbinding, and statehood would require Congress' approval.
The last time North Carolina had a Republican governor and GOP-dominated Legislature. Pat McCrory changed that Tuesday night when he became the state's first Republican governor in 20 years.
The age that adults can legally possess marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washington state if voters approve making their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
The estimated number of tons Montana has in its coal reserves, which represents one-quarter of all U.S. reserves.
The number of people licensed to carry concealed weapons in Oklahoma who can now carry them openly in a belt or shoulder holster, loaded or unloaded, thanks to a new law that took effect November 1st.
The record number of Californians that have registered to vote for the Nov. 6 election, as of October 31st. The state attributes the surge to implementation of online voter registration.
The value of the contract the state of Idaho signed last week with Hewlett Packard to provide laptops to all high school students in the state by the fall of 2015. The laptops are part of a series of education reforms passed last year that voters will have the opportunity to overturn at the polls next week.
The amount of money the city of Lock Haven, Penn. expects to bring in over the next decade by selling credits their government-owned forests can earn for sequestering carbon dioxide gases.
The number of Social Security numbers that were exposed to a hacker in a recent cyber attack of the Department of Revenue's computers in South Carolina.
The amount of money the Massachusetts judiciary has requested from the state to deal with legal challenges to as many as 136,000 criminal cases in which evidence was allegedly mishandled by a state drug lab chemist.
